The Awesome Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie!http://www.k4t3.org
games, community, changeWed, 20 Jun 2018 18:47:41 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11Preparing the leaders and changemakers of tomorrowhttp://www.k4t3.org/2018/06/21/preparing-leaders-changemakers-tomorrow/
http://www.k4t3.org/2018/06/21/preparing-leaders-changemakers-tomorrow/#respondWed, 20 Jun 2018 18:47:41 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1852What do the educators of today need to know to prepare the leaders and changemakers of tomorrow? Ahead of me running the first ever Future Ready Teens next week in partnership with St. Clement’s School in Toronto, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of education professionals at the school about this very topic. The […]

]]>What do the educators of today need to know to prepare the leaders and changemakers of tomorrow?

Ahead of me running the first ever Future Ready Teens next week in partnership with St. Clement’s School in Toronto, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of education professionals at the school about this very topic.

The key takeaways for them in answering this question, based on their feedback and discussion around my talk, was:

The importance of teaching failure as a learning process and creating safe spaces in order to ‘fail forward’)

Using young peoples’ experience with games as a transferable skill to teach ‘failing forward’ and confidently dealing with uncertainty (two things most gamers will be very familiar with through gameplay, but may not realise they they are skilled in)

The need for teachers who feel they are ‘not technical’ to have a friendly entry point/curated experience into the latest tech trends/games.

Skills of the future as ‘soft’ skills combined with live long learning.

]]>http://www.k4t3.org/2018/06/21/preparing-leaders-changemakers-tomorrow/feed/0All the Things in Canberrahttp://www.k4t3.org/2018/04/19/all-the-things-in-canberra/
http://www.k4t3.org/2018/04/19/all-the-things-in-canberra/#respondThu, 19 Apr 2018 05:30:46 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1847I was in Canberra just over a week ago to speak about the Future of all the Things for the ACS’s EdXN speaking tour across Australia. It was my first time in Canberra and met yet another set of great people doing great work: Matt Adcock who is a Senior Research Engineer and Experimental Scientist (best title ever) […]

It was my first time in Canberra and met yet another set of great people doing great work:

Matt Adcock who is a Senior Research Engineer and Experimental Scientist (best title ever) at CSIRO’s Data 61. Matt gave me a demo of some of the multi user mixed/augmented reality experiences they’re trying with Microsoft’s Hololens. A big part of what his team is working on is how these technologies can be used and the sorts of interfaces we need. It’s a pretty exciting time to be working in the space as no one has figured any of this stuff out yet — the language of mixed reality. It’s like the geocities age of the web — when everything is messy and a bit ugly but so exciting and so much room to make and do new things.

Joel Anderson and Irene Zhen at the CBR Innovation Network, which is supported by the local government and leverages the incredible research and educational institutions in the city. Their programs support everyone from young people to SMEs to researchers and startups.

Next stop is #Brisbane (tonight!) and #Darwin on Monday (23rd April). Tickets here!

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http://www.k4t3.org/2018/04/05/all-the-things-in-sydney/#respondWed, 04 Apr 2018 23:44:47 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1841Thanks Sydney for my sold out (+waitlisted!) talk last night – “the Future of All the Things” as part of ACS‘s EdXN series. Next stop, Canberra (tonight!) Feeling very lucky to also have met some great folks doing impactful wor k while in Sydney: Victor Nascimento who is developing ‘a Township Tale,’ a VR open world survival […]

Feeling very lucky to also have met some great folks doing impactful wor k while in Sydney:

Victor Nascimento who is developing ‘a Township Tale,’ a VR open world survival game that is pushing the boundaries of interactions in VR, rather than just porting existing 2d game mechanics (you wanna cut down a tree? you have to *actually* have to move like you’re cutting down a tree).

Ruth Lyons who is managing the community for Women In Focus a network of nearly 100,000 (!!) business women across Australia who also gave me a very lovely notebook (thanks Ruth!).

Hal Greenham who is currently going through an incubator in Sydney for his mind-body healing startup which is getting some real results for people with chronic pain.

Carey Furze, another founder whose startup, Bookform makes it easy for families (especially children with their grandparents) to record their stories using a speech to text to book (I wish I had had this with my grandma). If you’re in Canberra, there may be some tickets left for my talk tonight:

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http://www.k4t3.org/2018/03/23/40under40/#respondFri, 23 Mar 2018 08:38:27 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1836A few weeks ago I was humbled to be named one of the Business News 40under40 for my work supporting games and creative innovation in WA. This Wednesday, I went to my first 40under40 alumni event, and was again reminded how lucky I am to be living in WA, having moved to Western Australia 11 […]

A few weeks ago I was humbled to be named one of the Business News 40under40 for my work supporting games and creative innovation in WA.

This Wednesday, I went to my first 40under40 alumni event, and was again reminded how lucky I am to be living in WA, having moved to Western Australia 11 years ago (this month!) from Canada.

I met Dr Andrew Lu OAM (a 2017 winner) who is doing important work to increase diversity in the legal profession. And I met Kim Tran (who won in 2016 and was also the Telstra Young Business Woman of the year), a fellow kickass woman who wears so many hats, including running Slate, a dog cafe that helps get rescue dogs adopted.

I think we sometimes could do better at celebrating the amazing things and people we have here in WA, so I would encourage you to nominate someone who inspires you for the 2019 40under40, or better yet, nominate yourself!

As for me, I will use this amazing opportunity to help get the word out about my new endeavour to help young people prepare for the future of work: Future Human Academy. I’ll be launching a pilot in Toronto this June, and then bringing it back to Australia. If you’d like to be notified when we launch in your city, there’s a signup here.

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http://www.k4t3.org/2018/03/10/allthethings/#respondSat, 10 Mar 2018 12:24:37 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1823Hey hey! I’m going on tour for the Australian Computer Society’s Education Across the Nation (EdXN) series. Starting late March (full list of dates and links for tickets below), I’ll be visiting each capital city to speak about The Future of All the Things. I also have a limited number of meeting spots available. So, drop me […]

I also have a limited number of meeting spots available. So, drop me a line if you’d like to speak with me about how I can help your organisation playfully prepare for the future while I’m in your city.

The Future Of All The Things

We are living in an unprecedented age with unprecedented potential.

In the 2000s, the Internet and social media reformed the way we work and live. Now multiple disruptive and transformative technologies are on the horizon. From virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) to automation, we are in a time of accelerated change. With that change comes pivotal potential for a bright future.

The challenge for both professionals and organisations becomes how to select the trends and technologies that matter.

Kate’s EdXN talk will accessibly explain key trends and technologies. You will discover what matters in the tech world and what it might mean for your work or business, today and tomorrow.

You will learn about hot trends: how the aerospace industry is using mixed reality to train astronauts and how the resource sector is using virtual reality to improve worksite safety, how Blockchain (the asset platform behind Bitcoin) is being used for clean energy distribution and how citizen science, big data and algorithms are being used for drug-free, effective contraception.

You will also learn about how these technologies intersect and enable new ways of working, living and learning. From co-living to co-working spaces, from exotic business to the digital nomads, to guaranteed minimum income, the way we work and live is forever changing, and changing forever.

The original dreams of early Internet pioneers of a freer, decentralised society look even more possible: the potential for a human-focused future is becoming more real.

]]>http://www.k4t3.org/2018/03/10/allthethings/feed/0My week working from the foresthttp://www.k4t3.org/2017/09/25/week-working-forest/
http://www.k4t3.org/2017/09/25/week-working-forest/#respondMon, 25 Sep 2017 15:06:03 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1797At the end of August, I spent a week living and working from a campsite or hour or so from my home as an experiment in what the future of work might look like. These are my notes. But, why? A lot of the work I do is location independent (this is increasingly becoming a thing), […]

At the end of August, I spent a week living and working from a campsite or hour or so from my home as an experiment in what the future of work might look like. These are my notes.

But, why?

A lot of the work I do is location independent (this is increasingly becoming a thing), as long as I have access to internet and power for my phone and laptop. This was an experiment in seeing if it was logistically feasible to move my office to the forest for an extended period, and if it would help my creativity and productivity (it did!).

I’ve already been experimenting with working remotely from Ubud (Bali, Indonesia) on and off for the past year or so, with the goal of bringing more balance, mindfulness and creativity to my life (you can read about those adventures here, here and here).

I always feel more happy, healthy, creative and productive when I’m in nature. According to Japanese scientists, this is actually a thing. I have a longer piece coming out about benefits of forests in Particle (think, innovation spaces of the future!), so I’ll post that here once it’s up.

What I did

Went for an 1+ hour walk in the bush everyday.

Had client meetings via phone — which made no difference to my interstate clients. I also found directing meetings to the phone rather than in person saved a lot of travel time. I’ve started doing more meetings by phone as a result.

Had a client meeting that was done better in person at a cafe in a nearby town.

]]>http://www.k4t3.org/2017/09/25/week-working-forest/feed/0Wisdom for our timeshttp://www.k4t3.org/2017/02/22/wisdom-for-our-times/
http://www.k4t3.org/2017/02/22/wisdom-for-our-times/#respondWed, 22 Feb 2017 12:51:20 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1785You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid. You refuse to do it because you want to […]

]]>You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause.

And you refuse to do it because you are afraid. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you, or shoot at you or bomb your house; so you refuse to take the stand.

Well, you may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.

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http://www.k4t3.org/2017/01/26/realtalk/#respondThu, 26 Jan 2017 07:24:04 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1763The fabulous ABC presenter, James McHale and his equally fabulous hair (which rivals that of Senator Scott Ludlam, whose hair has not one but two Twitter accounts) are hosting a live talk show running Friday and Saturday nights during Perth’s Fringe World Festival this year, appropriately titled Real Talk with James McHale. The lineup includes the […]

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http://www.k4t3.org/2017/01/17/balivrworkshop/#respondTue, 17 Jan 2017 10:36:06 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1749What’s the deal with virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR)? Is it just a fad? Or is it something that will change the way we work and live, including entertainment, location independent work, training and education? Here’s a hint — TechCrunch is predicting that the VR/AR industry will be worth $150 billion USD by 2020. If you want […]

What’s the deal with virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR)? Is it just a fad? Or is it something that will change the way we work and live, including entertainment, location independent work, training and education?

If you want to get a taster for what the next few years hold, you’re in luck! I’m partnering with Hubud – a local co-working and community space in Ubud, Bali – to offer a free VR/VR workshop open to members and the general public.

The best way to understand the possibilities is to try it out, I’ll be bringing along my PlayStation VR for some hands on demos.

Date: Thursday February 9th

12:30pm to 1:30pm presentation/Q&A then stick around to try your hand at the PlayStation VR

A week following the workshop, I’ll also be running the first ever Playup Bali (a partnership with Playup Perth + Hubud) on February 16 — a playtesting social event where you can try out the latest and greatest games in development from across Bali.

]]>http://www.k4t3.org/2017/01/17/balivrworkshop/feed/0Perth Knowledge Week 2016 Wraphttp://www.k4t3.org/2016/10/25/perth-knowledge-week-wrap/
http://www.k4t3.org/2016/10/25/perth-knowledge-week-wrap/#commentsTue, 25 Oct 2016 11:37:18 +0000http://www.k4t3.org/?p=1725Last week I had the pleasure of sponsoring (via my game consultancy, Games We Play) Perth’s first ever Knowledge Week, presented by Knowledge Society and the beautiful new City of Perth Library. I also had the honour of participating on a panel and running a brand new Games We Play workshop. Here’s what happened: Imagining Perth in 2030 a panel […]

Last week I had the pleasure of sponsoring (via my game consultancy, Games We Play) Perth’s first ever Knowledge Week, presented by Knowledge Society and the beautiful new City of Perth Library. I also had the honour of participating on a panel and running a brand new Games We Play workshop. Here’s what happened:

Imagining Perth in 2030a panel of three “leading lights in innovation and technology” (who all just happened to be women)including yours truly, Erica Haddon (RAC) and Jessica Farrell (Rio Tinto) and moderated by Dan Minchin (Knowledge Society) who playfully referred to me as the ‘insurgent’ on the panel, because that’s how we games people roll. Some key takeaways from my talk:

The games industry is an important one to watch, not only because its a market worth $100 billion (AUD) globally (making it bigger than Hollywood), but also because games are one of the key drivers of mainstream adoptions of new technologies. When Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak visited Perth in late August, he noted that it was not spreadsheets or word processors that drove adoption of the desktop computer into homes, but games.

There was some great discussion around the health and privacy impacts of these technologies, which also concern me and I’ve talked about previously.

We also got some great feedback about the power of having an all female panel without any mention of diversity, yet having an incredibly powerful impact for encouraging diversity. Don’t talk about change, just be it… because “if you can’t see it, you can’t be it.”

Workshop participants on the new PlayStation VR

David Fono’s analog augmented reality game, Mont Trottoir

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Games workshopThis was the debut of my new workshop that mixes completely analog, low tech games with the latest and greatest VR and AR tech. We played and then deconstructed David Fono‘s Mont Trottoir, which I like to call an ‘analog augmented reality game’ to show that you don’t need to code to make games. Indeed, making paper-based/analog games are a great way of ‘paper prototyping’ digital games to test all sorts of things (if they work, who the market might be…) before jumping into full development. Participants also got to play around on the just launched PlayStation VR and were treated to a demo from my friends at Stirfire Studios and their new VR offering, Symphony of the Machine, which will be launching for Q1 2017 on the PlayStation VR.